Question

Describe the five roles of forensic psychologists?

Answer 1

Forensic Psychologists

The roles of the forensic psychologist are as follows:

1. One of the roles of a forensic psychologist is to evaluate the state of mind of the individuals and to decide whether they are fit to stand a trial. This can be accomplished by interviews, assessment of the individual using psychometric tests.

2. The forensic psychologist must do all the research to state findings that may be relevant to the case.

3. A forensic psychologist must use statistics and probability to support a viewpoint or a theory. This can also be accomplished by reading researches or by conducting their own experiments. For example, they look into the likelihood of the event occurring based on the physical stats of the individual.

4. A forensic psychologist also advises the police on how to conduct an investigation and the best way to cross-examine the individual in question. They provide advice on how to improve the interviewing done by the police officers or correction officers.

5. They are also utilised in offender profiling. In this, the psychologist draws conclusions about the nature of the person who committed the crime based on the crime scene and all the statements available(victim or eyewitness).